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Pause the Game if there is a AFK

CinnaBon Kittenz·8/30/2019, 3:54:08 AM·5 votes·3,803 views

Allow me to elaborate...

If someone AFK'd we could implement a feature that pauses said game until they get back or 5mins go by. If the time expires the game will end and result in a "Tie" and the player who AFK'd will be auto reported by the system AND if this is ranked they will drop in -50 LP provided they are lower then gold. If they are higher then gold they will drop by a tier. IE: If a Diamond 1 AFK'd they'd suffer the consequence and auto demote to Diamond 2 0LP even if they are in promos or at Diamond 1 99 LP. This should help prevent AFKing players from climbing up and AFKing at all.

Please if you're network connection is bad make a better decision in life. Don't be THAT player. ;)

Imagine, You are in your ranked game and there is someone dealing with network issues and so the game paused until they get back or 5mins pass by. No remake needed, it'd end in a tie. In some cases ppl don't even get to remake because of a tiny loop hole in the system. This idea should fix it all up.

Fortunately if Riot Games did implement this feature anyone who was reported by this new system would probably suffer from a hard ban, maybe even a IP/MAC Address ban. This could be disputable in the player support section of the site, and I would doubt it would be permanent unless more reason was given.

13 Comments

AlienPrimate8/30/2019, 3:58:50 AM3 votes

I wouldn't be opposed to pausing the game for a few minutes giving people the chance to reconnect but losing an entire division to something that often is out of the player's control is overkill. This system would also be abused by smurfs who want to keep up their stats on their mains by abusing the rank loss to hard carry lower ranked games on their main while taking losses on other champions.

Zee Zone8/30/2019, 5:06:06 AM1 votes

You mentioned bad connection but what about power outage, sth that's totally unpredictable and punishing someone by extreme measures because of sth out of their control would be unfair. Not defending AFKers buy any means but i wouldn't want to punish the innocent as well.

Mayobe8/30/2019, 5:55:34 AM1 votes

Welcome to "League of Weaponized AFK Response".

DaddyDomSenpai8/30/2019, 6:06:17 AM1 votes

the problem with this system is that it can be abused extremely easily. Lets say you and a friend of yours decide to duo together. Your friend makes a new account, levels it up to lvl 30, and then you both into ranked. Now every game that you win, well, you get the lp and climb. But lets say you start to lose a match. Your team just got aced, and your enemies are walking up to the nexus. So, your friend goes afk. Now, the enemy team has to wait 5 minutes in front of your nexus, only for the game to end in a tie, and they dont get anything, you dont lose lp and only your friend gets punished. Rinse and Repeat. This way, you can easily climb with 100% winrate to plat 1, even if youre an Iron / bronze player, you just need the patience. See what I mean? Sure you can ban the friend's account, but he can just make another one, or if youre willing to spend money, just buy an account instead. This may not happen very often, but its still a system that can be abused for free wins, and therefore it just cant be added into the game

BlackKnightJack8/30/2019, 6:49:35 AM1 votes

That's what remakes are for.

DeathBurst8/30/2019, 8:08:38 AM1 votes
  • Pause the game if there's an AFK --> sure, why not
  • 5 minute grace period --> too long. For comparison, WarCraft3 had a 1 minute grace period, and StarCraft2 just let opponents unpause the game immediately, if I remember correctly.
  • End games in a tie --> HELL NO. If you do that, the immediate consequence is people harassing other players. "You lost your lane and fed, GTFO, go AFK and don't make US lose LP because of YOU." Toxicity would skyrocket, not decrease. So yeah, if you're not the AFK players, it sucks to lose because of them, but the opposite solution would be 10 times worse.
  • Harsh LP loss for AFK --> No. Just make it a normal loss. There should be punishment for AFK (and there are some already, low priority queues, etc.), but going AFK doesn't tell anything about players' skills, so it shouldn't impact LP/Ranking. A normal loss is fine already.
toby mcteague8/30/2019, 4:27:13 PM1 votes

Only will incentivise more toxicity towards a person that hard lost his lane. Its not about the AFK itself, but rather your teammates telling you to AFK if you are doing poorly.

Also, games should not end in a draw. That is just crazy exploitable.

Kovorix8/30/2019, 5:24:29 PM1 votes

I mean I would have upvoted you until

Please if you're network connection is bad make a better decision in life. Don't be THAT player. ;)

Then I downvoted you. vOv

Inkling Commando8/30/2019, 7:12:11 PM1 votes

moms everywhere would kill for this idea. being able to pause an online game which otherwise is unpausable.